Synonyms of loons

loons

noun

plural of loon

1

as in lunatics

one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind

giggled like a loon at his own jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatics
• psychopaths
• maniacs
• fools
• psychos
• loonies
• bugs
• crazies
• wackos
• whackos
• nuts
• nutcases
• nutters
• sickos
• schizos
• fruitcakes
• psychotics
• head cases
• madmen
• paranoids
• sickies
• patients
• madwomen
• abnormals
• schizophrenics
• kooks
• neurotics
• characters
• cracks
• sociopaths
• deviants
• monomaniacs
• crackbrains
• obsessives
• schizoids
• crackpots
• weirdos
• eccentrics
• screwballs
• manic-depressives
• oddballs
• codgers
• flakes
• psychoneurotics
• zanies
• originals
• cases
• schizophrenes
• cranks
• fantastics
• tikes
• tykes
• obsessive-compulsives
• oddities
• mythomaniacs
• quizzes

2

as in idiots

a stupid person

the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiots
• morons
• lunatics
• stupids
• fools
• dummies
• prats
• numbskulls
• losers
• imbeciles
• mutts
• yahoos
• dolts
• knuckleheads
• ignoramuses
• dimwits
• boneheads
• pinheads
• dodos
• dopes
• dullards
• ignorami
• dunderheads
• ninnies
• geese
• numskulls
• chuckleheads
• know-nothings
• simpletons
• dunces
• goons
• donkeys
• blockheads
• lunkheads
• cretins
• ganders
• nitwits
• nimrods
• hardheads
• deadheads
• stupes
• airheads
• turkeys
• jackasses
• naturals
• noddies
• oafs
• ratbags
• fatheads
• chowderheads
• clucks
• bubbleheads
• shlubs
• goofs
• clowns
• half-wits
• birdbrains
• nuts
• hammerheads
• nincompoops
• clodpoles
• dorks
• meatheads
• lamebrains
• doofuses
• jerks
• loonies
• loggerheads
• golems
• dips
• stocks
• thickheads
• noodles
• dumbbells
• schlubs
• sapheads
• dumb clucks
• dumbheads
• woodenheads
• ninnyhammers
• schnooks
• clunks
• nits
• lumps
• skunks
• dum-dums
• dummkopfs
• buffoons
• momes
• madmen
• cuddies
• lunks
• dim bulbs
• villains
• clots
• dodoes
• skunk
• clodpolls
• dufuses
• zanies
• yo-yos
• boobies
• snakes
• mugs
• creeps
• beasts
• boors
• scatterbrains
• gawks
• cads
• stinkers
• heels
• curs
• churls
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• geniuses
• genii
• sages
• intellects
• wizards
• whizzes
• polymaths
• Renaissance men
• sharpies

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of loons

There's waterfalls coming down the mountains, bears running around and ducks and loons flying around and swimming. —Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024

Many loons have dove down and reemerged since our last time fishing together. —Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024